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Article: Salween dam idea revived again with Burma.
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- Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)
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- May 20, 2005
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Byline: Yuthana Praiwan
May 20--A decade-old proposal for Thailand and Burma to co-invest in a massive hydroelectric development project on the Salween River Basin is being revived again.
Energy Minister Viset Choopiban said his officials would sign an agreement on May 30 with their Burmese counterparts at the Ministry of Electric Power to conduct a feasibility study on the multi-billion-baht venture.
The project entails developing dams on part of the 2,400-kilometre river that flows from China through Burma and into the Gulf of Martaban. Burma plans to use electricity generated from the project for local needs and to export the remainder to ...